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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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Meaning is not carried by the words, it's carried by your mind. We assume that we assign the same meanings, but that's a big assumption.

These online conversations, composed of words and only words, are arguably 99% us just talking to ourselves. Maybe even 100%.

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

I’m assuming that when you say “though” you mean “thought”, and when you say “Olato” you mean “Plato”, and when you say “1000” you mean “2400”, and when you say “covered this” you mean “proposed that we all subconsciously share knowledge of a realm of pure, unmediated ideas which we learned in a previous life”... but of course you might mean something else entirely, and I’d be none the wiser.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yea, thank you, neither my memory nor my fingers were working.

I'll leave it as-is so people will know what you're talking about.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

I wasn’t trying to correct you — just demonstrating OP’s point about the assumptions we have to make before we can pretend to understand each other.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 9 hours ago

Oh, but your corrections were perfect, and a great example!